wifhired

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wīf +‎ hīred.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːfˌxiː.red/, [ˈwiːfˌhiː.red]

Noun[edit]

wīfhīred m

a household of women; nunnery, convent

Declension[edit]

Declension of wifhired (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīfhīred	wīfhīredas
accusative	wīfhīred	wīfhīredas
genitive	wīfhīredes	wīfhīreda
dative	wīfhīrede	wīfhīredum

Synonyms[edit]

nunhīred m
nunmynster n

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīfhīred”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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